Security Manager

• Conduct and oversee enterprise security risk assessments, threat evaluations, and vulnerability reviews across UK operations.
• Identify emerging risks and develop strategic mitigation plans that support operational continuity while balancing business needs and employee experience.
• Partner with site leadership, Facilities, HR, IT, Legal, and Health & Safety teams to strengthen site security posture and regulatory compliance.
• Support site expansions, relocations, new facility launches, and capital security improvement projects from planning through execution.
• Provide subject matter expertise on workplace violence prevention, travel risk management, executive support, and protective security design.

• Lead or support sensitive internal investigations involving workplace misconduct, theft, policy violations, security incidents, and other high-risk matters while maintaining confidentiality and appropriate escalation protocols.
• Prepare executive-level reports, security briefings, incident summaries, and risk assessments for senior leadership and key stakeholders.
• Support executive protection coordination, leadership travel security planning, and high-profile corporate events as required.
• Ensure compliance with corporate security standards, UK regulatory requirements, GDPR considerations, and applicable industry best practices.
• Maintain strong working relationships with local law enforcement, emergency services, regulatory bodies, and external security partners.

• Provide governance and oversight of regional contract security providers, ensuring consistent service delivery, staffing effectiveness, operational compliance, and performance accountability.
• Lead vendor management activities including contract oversight, onboarding, audits, KPI reviews, staffing strategies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support management of regional security budgets, forecasting, and cost optimisation initiatives while maintaining operational effectiveness.
• Drive standardisation and scalability across regional security processes, technologies, reporting frameworks, and operational procedures.
• Support procurement activities, security technology evaluations, and strategic security program enhancements.

• Lead, mentor, and develop regional security personnel and vendor leadership teams through coaching, accountability, and performance management.
• Foster a culture of professionalism, operational excellence, collaboration, and proactive risk management across the regional security function.
• Deliver regional training initiatives, awareness campaigns, and emergency preparedness exercises to strengthen organizational resilience and security culture.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Facilities, HR, Legal, IT, HSE, Compliance, and business leadership teams to support enterprise objectives and operational priorities.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and serve as a trusted advisor on security, resilience, and operational risk matters.

• Solid, progressive experience in corporate security, physical security operations, law enforcement, military, intelligence, or enterprise risk management.
• Demonstrated experience leading regional or multi-site security operations within a multinational or matrixed corporate environment.
• Proven success managing contract guarding providers, vendor governance programs, and performance-based service delivery models.
• Experience overseeing crisis management, investigations, business continuity, emergency preparedness, and enterprise security programs.
• Strong working knowledge of physical security systems, integrated security technologies, and operational risk management principles.
• Experience presenting to senior leadership and managing high-visibility or sensitive organisational matters.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Security Management, Criminal Justice, Business Management, or related field; equivalent professional experience considered.
• Professional security certifications (ASIS CPP, PSP, or equivalent) preferred.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required.

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics, dedicated to accelerating the benefits of pioneering science through analytical technologies, informatics, and service.

With a focus on regulated, high-volume testing environments, our innovative portfolio harnesses deep scientific expertise across chemistry, physics, and biology.

We collaborate with customers around the world to advance the release of effective, high-quality medicines, ensure the safety of food and water, and drive better patient outcomes by detecting diseases earlier, managing routine infections, and combating antibiotic resistance.

Through a shared culture of relentless innovation, our passionate team of ~16,000 colleagues turn scientific challenges into breakthroughs that improve lives worldwide.

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.